Lord Byron
Lord Byron
George Gordon Byron, 6th Baron Byron, FRS, commonly known simply as Lord Byron, was an English poet and a leading figure in the Romantic movement. Among his best-known works are the lengthy narrative poems Don Juan and Childe Harold's Pilgrimage, and the short lyric "She Walks in Beauty"...
NationalityBritish
ProfessionPoet
Date of Birth22 January 1788
inward ears tongue
No ear can hear nor tongue can tell the tortures of the inward hell!
thinking ink millions
A small drop of ink makes thousands, perhaps millions... think.
war beer animal
For all we know that English people are/ Fed upon beef - I won't say much of beer/ Because 'tis liquor only, and being far/ From this my subject, has no business here;/ We know too, they are very fond of war,/ A pleasure - like all pleasures - rather dear;/ So were the Cretans - from which I infer/ That beef and battle both were owing her
horse pain sea
With flowing tail and flying mane, Wide nostrils never stretched by pain, Mouth bloodless to bit or rein, And feet that iron never shod, And flanks unscar'd by spur or rod, A thousand horses - the wild - the free - Like waves that follow o'er the sea, Came thickly thundering on.
may genius talent
Talent may be in time forgiven, but genius never
evil devil firsts
The devil was the first democrat
speech plant traitor
There is no traitor like him whose domestic treason plants the poniard within the breast that trusted to his truth
mind liberty spirit
Liberty - eternal spirit of the chainless mind
eye dear-ones delight
O Fame! if I ever took delight in thy praises, Twas less for the sake of thy high-sounding phrases, Than to see the bright eyes of the dear one discover The thought that I was not unworthy to love her.
perseverance commitment self
In commitment, we dash the hopes of a thousand potential selves.
happiness water mixtures
Oh, Mirth and Innocence! Oh, Milk and Water! Ye happy mixture of more happy days!
happiness boys years
Ah, happy years! once more who would not be a boy?
men hackney enough
A man must serve his time to every trade, Save censure-critics all are ready made. Take hackney'd jokes from Miller, got by rote With just enough learning to misquote...
flower heaven earth
But mighty Nature bounds as from her birth; The sun is in the heavens, and life on earth: Flowers in the valley, splendor in the beam, Health on the gale, and freshness in the stream.